“Everything about the building’s design bends toward researchers working together. Good science often originates in a chance encounter. Labs are open and collaborations encouraged—a clear benefit to a very multidisciplinary field like Biomedical Engineering.”

- Bernie Machen, Ph.D. Former President University of Florida

Biomedical Sciences Building

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

160,000 gsf

$73,000,000

2009

Leed Gold Certified

The Biomedical Sciences Building provides flexible research labs and support, a 45,000 sf vivarium, offices, lounges, and conference rooms for the University’s Biomedical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering, Animal Care Services, and medical research programs in neuroscience, autoimmune diseases, and stem cell biology. The building also houses a large teaching laboratory dedicated to undergraduate life sciences research in collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The red brick building features extensive glass on the north and west façades. A two-story, glass-walled atrium provides an attractive lobby and mark the main entrance to the building. The project also included exterior improvements to adjacent walkways and service areas. The Biomedical Sciences Building unites two existing, occupied buildings. The project achieved LEED Gold certification.